Lifter for stove-covers and culinary vessels



J. OLD.

Lid Lifter.

No. 55,894. Patented June 26, 1866.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH OLD, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

LIFTER FOR STOVE-COVERS AND CULINARY VESSELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,894, dated June 26,1866.

Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH OLD, of Reading, in the county of Berks andState of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Combination ofHooks and Fixed Jaws, constituting a new article of manufacture indesign, formed of one piece, and calculated for a universalholder andlifter for culinary purposes and'I do hereby declare that the followingis a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which thearticle is accurately'figured in two 1 positions, clearly showing thepattern and design of my holder.

The nature of my invention consists in forming a universal lifter castin one piece, with all its parts on one end, the other prolonged into ahandle, E, having a pair of fixed jaws, so that one end orjaw, A, is asuperior griddle-lifter, and, in combination with the other smaller jaw,B, specially adapted for handling pie-plates, dishes, pans, and, inshort, applicable to purposes too numerous to enumerate, while the hooks(J D are adapted to lifting oi'f boilers, kettles, smoothingirons, andnumerous other purposes, being an article adapted to all purposesarising at the kitchen-fire or cooking-stove.

I am aware that an article of manufacture, Patent N 0. 33,7 84, consistsof a metal bar provided at one end with two claws and at the other endwith three claws for the purpose of lil'tin g heated plates,stove-covers, 85c. Changing the ends when heated by use is very apt toburn the hand. Besides, the shape of the claws and their arrangementbeing defective for universal use led me to construct various patternsand designs and test them, which finally resulted in a combination ofform that meets the desired end,the figure of which is clearly shown.

I am also aware of various combinations patented, such as No. 31,541,consisting of a curved prong and tongue combined, and secured in the endof a suitable handle; No. 33,587, with two pr iections-one acover-lifter, the other a poker; No. 48,676, combined cover-lifter,carpet-stretcher, 850., formed of two or more combined pieces; all ofwhich I disclaim, as also No. 50,537, a tool and handle, combining ashovel and cover-lifter.

The superiority I claim consists in the curve, size, and position of thetwo hooks C D, the configuration and combination of the fixedjaws A 13,arranged on the one end, while the other is prolonged into a handle, E,being a neat and convenient article to handle, made either of commoncast metal or malleable iron, as a new article for the trade of thespecified form and pattern.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The described universallifter, constructed with hooks O D, incombination with the fixed jaws A B at one end, the other beingprolonged into a handle, E, arranged in the manner and for the purposespecified, as a new article of manufacture in design and figure.

JOSEPH OLD.

Witnesses WM. B. WILEY, JACOB STAU EER.

